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  • David Lehr

    Agora Partnerships and Heroes of Development

    As I learn more about entrepreneurship and job creation efforts I am increasingly convinced that we need a broader range of tools than either microcredit or social venture funding typically offer.? Recently Agora Partnerships caught my eye when they and their founder Ben Powell were awarded a Draper Richards Fellowship.

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Business Development Manager – Marketing, Acumen Fund

    Acumen Fund is looking to create a step change in terms of awareness, excitement, and membership in our community of supporters and advocates ? from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and someday millions of people who believe that markets and entrepreneurship have a central role to play in the global fight on poverty.

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Search and Selection Associate, Endeavor

    Position: Search and Selection AssociateLocation: New YorkOrganization: Founded in 1997, Endeavor works with High-Impact Entrepreneurs in Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and India. High-Impact Entrepreneurs are operating for-profit businesses with enormous growth potential....

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Summer Associates, Acumen Fund

    Position: Summer Associates (varied roles)Locations: MultipleNew York, NYKarachi, PakistanHyderabad, IndiaNairobi, KenyaOrganization: Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small...

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  • Rob Katz

    Next Billions Swarm Davos; Quadir Calls for an End to Aid

    It was a high profile news day for the development-through-enterprise community today.? First, a report was published at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland entitled The Next Billions: Unleashing Business Potential in Untapped Markets.? The report was produced by the Boston...

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Senior Portfolio Fellow, Acumen Fund

    Position: Senior Portfolio Fellow Location: New York Organization: Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund, focused on supporting the delivery of critical services ? water, health, housing, energy ? at affordable prices to the four billion people earning less than four...

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Vice President of Business Development and External Affairs, Root Capital

    Position: Vice President of Business Development and External AffairsLocation: Cambridge, Massachusetts with travel up to 35 percent of the timeOrganization: Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that provides credit and financial education to grassroots organizations?such as...

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  • Rob Katz

    Job: Agora Partnerships Development Director

    Position: Development Director Location: Washington, DC Organization: Agora Partnerships is a non profit, social mission organization dedicated to providing talented entrepreneurs in developing countries with the tools, networks, and financing necessary to launch successful, socially...

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